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Carl Heinrich Eduard Stützel, or Stietzel (11 June 1806, Berlin - after 1865) was a German
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* "Stützel, Eduard". In: Hans Vollmer (Ed.): ''Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart'', Vol. 32: Stephens–Theodotos. E. A. Seemann, Leipzig 1938, p. 243
Carl Heinrich Eduard Stützel, or Stietzel (11 June 1806, Berlin - after 1865) was a German wood carver
Wood carving is a form of woodworking by means of a cutting tool (knife) in one hand or a chisel by two hands or with one hand on a chisel and one hand on a mallet, resulting in a wooden figure or figurine, or in the sculptural ornamentation ...
and sculptor.
Life and work
He completed his studies at the Prussian Academy of Arts. Between 1826 and 1840, he showed his woodwork at the Academy's exhibitions. This includedstatuette
A figurine (a diminutive form of the word ''figure'') or statuette is a small, three-dimensional sculpture that represents a human, deity or animal, or, in practice, a pair or small group of them. Figurines have been made in many media, with cl ...
s of King Friedrich Wilhelm III and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, done in boxwood. He also created busts and medallions, in marble and plaster of paris.
In 1840, he was summoned to Potsdam by King Friedrich Wilhelm IV, who was devoted to the construction of new building with sculptural decoration, and the restoration of old works of art. Some of the original figures at Sanssouci had been given to the Altes Museum, and its Director, Ignaz von Olfers, was strongly opposed to putting them back in their original places. Stützel and several other artists were engaged to create replicas for the Neues Palais
The New Palace (german: Neues Palais) is a palace situated on the western side of the Sanssouci park in Potsdam, Germany. The building was begun in 1763, after the end of the Seven Years' War, under King ''Friedrich II'' (Frederick the Great) and ...
. Original busts and figures were also created, for new construction at Sanssouci and the Orangery Palace.
He married Hermine Charlotte Helene Krutisch in 1836.Marriage Register, Garrison Parish, Potsdam. 1836 fol. 109. One of their children was the sculptor, Hermann Eduard Otto Stützel (1837-1862).
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Further reading
* Karl Klunzinger, Adolf Friedrich Seubert, Friedrich Müller, ''Die Künstler aller Zeiten und Völker; oder Leben und Werke der berühmtesten Baumeister, Bildhauer, Maler, Kupferstecher, Formschneider, Lithographen'', Vol. 3, M–Z, Ebner & Seubert, 1864Online
* "Stützel, Eduard". In: Hans Vollmer (Ed.): ''Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart'', Vol. 32: Stephens–Theodotos. E. A. Seemann, Leipzig 1938, p. 243
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__NOTOC__ 1806 births Year of death unknown German sculptors German woodcarvers Artists from Berlin Sculptors from the Kingdom of Prussia {{Germany-sculptor-stub